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Petrifaction - English Dictionary
 




1. The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.
2. The state or condition of being petrified.
3. That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation.
4. Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
5. a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

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fossilization lapidify rock



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